UFC 20 – Battle for the Gold

UFC 20

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UFC HISTORY

UFC 20: Battle for the Gold was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 7, 1999 at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.

UFC 20 was the final event of what the UFC called “The Road to the Heavyweight Title”, a tournament of sorts spanning four events, held to determine the Heavyweight Champion after Randy Couture vacated the title (due to contract disputes with the UFC). Bas Rutten defeated Kevin Randleman to become the new Heavyweight Champion in a controversial split decision.

Referees for the event were Mario Yamasaki (first time for UFC pay-per-view) and John McCarthy.

RESULTS SPOILER

Main Card

Weight class

Method

Round

Time

Notes

Heavyweight

Bas Rutten

def.

Kevin Randleman

Decision (split)

21:00

[a]

Heavyweight

Pedro Rizzo

def.

Tra Telligman

KO (punch)

4:30

Heavyweight

Pete Williams

def.

Travis Fulton

Submission (armlock)

6:28

Light Heavyweight

Wanderlei Silva

def.

Tony Petarra

KO (knee)

2:53

Lightweight

Marcelo Mello

def.

Dave Roberts

TKO (punches)

1:23

Lightweight

LaVerne Clark

def.

Fabiano Iha

TKO (doctor stoppage)

1:33

Preliminary Card

Heavyweight

Ron Waterman

def.

Chris Condo

TKO (punches)

0:28

Rutten defeated Randleman to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion.

UFC 20 – Battle for the Gold was last modified: January 6th, 2017 by Pepito Grillo